Cherry 2000 (1987)

In 2017, a successful businessman travels to the ends of the earth to find that the perfect woman is always under his nose. He hires a sexy renegade tracker to find an exact duplicate of his android wife.

Director:

Steve De Jarnatt

Writers:

Lloyd Fonvielle (story), Michael Almereyda (screenplay)

Stars:

Melanie Griffith, David Andrews, Pamela Gidley

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
David Andrews	...	Sam Treadwell
Jennifer Balgobin	...	Glory Hole Clerk
Marshall Bell	...	Bill
Harry Carey Jr.	...	Snappy Tom
Laurence Fishburne	...	Glu Glu Lawyer (as Larry Fishburne)
Pamela Gidley	...	Cherry 2000
Melanie Griffith	...	E. Johnson
Michael C. Gwynne	...	Slim
Brion James	...	Stacy
Ben Johnson	...	Six Fingered Jake
Jeff Levine	...	Marty
Jennifer Mayo	...	Randa
Cameron Milzer	...	Elaine / Ginger
Howard Swain	...	Jim Skeet
Jack Thibeau	...	Stubby Man

Storyline

In 2017, a rich man travels to the ends of the earth to find that the perfect woman is always under his nose. When successful businessman Sam Treadwell finds that his animatronic wife, Cherry 2000 has shorted out, he hires sexy renegade tracker E. Johnson (Melanie Griffith) to find her exact duplicate. Their journey to replace his perfect mate leads them into the treacherous and lawless region of Zone 7, under the tyrannical overlord Lester. During their journey, Treadwell learns the hard way that the perfect woman is made not of computer chips and diodes, but of real flesh and blood.

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Plot Keywords:

sexy android | sexy robot | female robot | cult film | post apocalypse | 

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Taglines:

Need a bounty hunter? She's your man.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

PG-13

Details

Official Sites:

MGM

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 February 1988 (USA)

Also Known As:

Androide 2000

Filming Locations:

Goldfield Hotel - 69 Columbia Avenue - Goldfield, Nevada, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Orion Pictures,ERP Productions (I)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Michael C. Gwynne (Slim) previously played Dr. Parker in The Name of the Game: LA 2017 (1971), another dystopia set in 2017.

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Goofs

When Sam first arrives at the Sky Ranch and sits down with Ginger at the pool she is wearing a pink bandanna. The next seen it has completely disappeared off her head and she is seen picking it up off the chair when she walks off.

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Quotes

Stacy: Yeah, Zone 7's a tough place. You should see the way they carry on out there! People staying up all night, playing Twister, revertin' to their animal natures.

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Connections

Spoofed in Welcome to Woop Woop (1997)

User Reviews

Surprisingly fantastic...a real treat

Okay, "Cherry 2000" has finally achieved "cult film" status. But unlike many other cult movies, it actually deserves the title.

There are many things to like about this flick. The nuanced, likeable Ben Johnson has a good role that even delivers some tragedy (how often do you get that in a b-movie?). The charismatic Griffith is alternately contemplative and kick-ass. Of course, Tim Thomerson as Lester nearly steals the show, providing a truly strange, ruthless villain.

The effects are cheesy, sure, but they never look fake, unlike a lot of the CGI films coming out today. When you see E. Johnson's Ford being dangled over the Hoover Dam, that is an ACTUAL car, not some stupid digital effect.

The movie does lay its message on thick, but considering the obvious budget constraints they were working with, that's a perfectly excuseable flaw. The satire is at times hilarious (watch for Larry Fishburne's turn as a lawyer with Morpheus-esque reflecting sunglasses, and the final exit of the villain is truly visually ironic). I bought this on DVD (having never seen it on TV) and really liked it...maybe you will, too.